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Bogdan Zvoristeanu

Born in Bucharest in April
27th 1970, the Romanian Bogdan Zvoristeanu started
playing the violin at the age of 6 with his father
Radu Zvoristeanu (concertmaster of the National
Romanian Radio Orchestra and conductor), who taught
him until the age of 23. In
1988 he graduated from the ¡°George Enescu¡± Music
College in Bucharest and in 1993 from the Academy
of Music of Bucharest, in the class of prof.
Stefan Gheorghiu and prof. Victoria Basta. In
the following 4 years, he completed his musical
studies with Maestro Alberto Lysy at the International
Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland.
After two years as
concertmaster in the ¡°S¨¹dwestdeutsches Kammerorchester
Pforzheim¡± (Germany), Zvoristeanu got offered
the opportunity to teach violin and chamber
music at the International Menuhin Music Academy.
The high artistic value of Bogdan Zvoristeanu
was quickly recognised worldwide, being confirmed
by numerous prizes in international competitions
such as: ¡°Tibor Varga¡± in Sion, ¡°Leopold Mozart¡±
in Augsburg, ¡°George Enescu¡± in Bucharest, the
¡°Geneva International Violin Competition¡± in
Geneva, and ¡°Pierre Lantier¡± in Paris.
His deep, refined sense
of music and technical abilities are harmoniously
combined, playing both solo and chamber music
concerts. The warm sound of his violin has been
widely enjoyed in famous concert halls across
Europe, Argentina, Canada and Japan.
As a teacher, Bogdan
Zvoristeanu has given International Master Classes
in Salzburg/Austria, in Temeswar, Brasov, and
Bucharest/Romania, in Speyer/Germany, in Buenos
Aires and Carillo/Argentina. He regularly leads
courses at the ¡°Rencontre Musicale¡± organised
by the International Menuhin Music Academy in
Switzerland.
Zvoristeanu has been
a jury member for international violin competitions
such as the ¡°Renata Molinari International Violin
Competition¡± and the ¡°Geneva International Violin
Competition¡±, as well as for the ¡°Orchestre
National de Montpelier¡± and the ¡°Orchestre de
la Suisse Romande¡±. Moreover, he regularly recruits
new young talent to take on scholarships at
the International Menuhin Music Academy.
Bogdan Zvoristeanu
has collaborated with many great musicians such
as Igor Oistrach, Ruggiero Ricci, Alberto Lysy,
Jeremy Menuhin, Brigitte Meyer, Tibor Varga,
Radu Aldulescu and Ettore Causa
As a soloist he has
performed with conductors such as Sir Yehudi
Menuhin, Andrey Boreyko, Pinchas Steinberg,
Marek Janowski, Jin Wang, Fabio Luisi and Gilbert
Varga
Since 2002 Bogdan
Zvoristeanu has held the post of Concertmaster
in the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva,
Switzerland. Here he has worked with great conductors
such as Rafael Fr¨¹hbeck de Burgos, Armin Jordan,
Antonio Pappano, Charles Dutoit, Vladimir Aschkenazy,
Eliahu Inbal, Dmitrij Kitajenko, amongst several
others.
Bogdan Zvoristeanu
plays a violin made by G.B. Guadagnini in 1753.
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